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OfflineMarbella
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    #26725021 - 06/06/20 08:35 PM (3 years, 7 months ago)

My first grow of Golden Teacher produced a small harvest, 1-2 grams, and the fruits where thin and small. I'm trying to figure out if it was one or many factors. Here's my setup:

med size monotub with six large holes (2-3 inches). Covered in autoclave tape during colonization stage. Then during fruiting I switched to polyfill. I used a heating mat on top to keep the temp at 75 during fruiting stage. I misted a few times a day. No contamination.


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Re: FAE [Re: Marbella]
    #26725062 - 06/06/20 08:58 PM (3 years, 7 months ago)

Your mistake was the heating mat.
Trust me I've made the same mistake.


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Re: FAE [Re: mushhead]
    #26725086 - 06/06/20 09:23 PM (3 years, 7 months ago)

Those are big holes, especially for a mid sized tub. What was your spawn and did you start with a clean culture for sure? The heating mat on top at least seems better than putting it underneath but i've seen a lot of bad grows when people tried to use them. Whats your normal room temp?


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Re: FAE [Re: Roger Clemency]
    #26725380 - 06/07/20 01:12 AM (3 years, 7 months ago)

How did you inoculate your grain spawn?
You say you had no contamination but very often low yields are caused by bacterial substrates. Unless it's completely overwhelmed it can be difficult to identify especially for new cultivators.

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You can put the polyfill in directly after  spawning, no need to tape the holes up. Most of us stopped doing that years ago.

The heating pad was definitely unnecessary and maybe counterproductive, unless you live somewhere super cold don't worry about temp so much.

As far as FAE goes, learning to dial in a tub is a balancing act. In a tub with polyfil, you start with the bottom holes very tight and the top holes very loose. A dialed in tub should have a constant layer of tiny water droplets across the surface, that start to dry up immediately in front of the bottom holes - this shows that you are giving the max FAE you can before that layer starts drying up. If you get puddles/too wet, increase FAE by loosening the bottom poly. Too dry, tighten the bottom poly and supplement with misting until it is set.


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